The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 3, 1940, Page 2

i ] PRICES T00 HIGH, SAYS ARMY CHIEF MAY BE HIT General Buckner Predicts Lower Cost of Living in Alaska Buckner said it was his hope that Army isons under hi command would feel they were Al- askans and that every rison | weuld be an integral part of the community in. which, it was lo cated 19,000 Troops The eral said that il his rec omme ons were carried ou the r ty population of A would' soon, be equai to one-third of the present white population (about 30 000) Improvea communicaticns will be another result of the nation:l defense work, he said. he had just sent a radiogram today urging the construction of “cer- tain highways' in Alaska The General said he wouldn't swap his command of the Alaska defense for any Army job in the country, he considergd it sc im- portant at this time Important Arca The nation has suddenly beco aware, he said, that ated from pnun\ml on by a broad oce we are separ- mies not it by strait. He said thers weve known to be three airbases aud possibly more “just across the wg General Buckner id was urging strongly that Alaska be imade sufficiently siong so that it will not ha to sulfer the hardship of bein battleground Dr. Council aARS adding that |’ a narrow WORK FUND San Francisco Canneiy Workers Claim $100,000 Unemployment Pay SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 3, Abardening cf the 1540 Alaska fish- rg seacon for 1200 San Francisco -annery workers will cost the Al- 1wka Unemployment. Compensation fund approximately $100,000 if the ulivg f a special refere upheld A fich lustry § sman said e ruling of a labor dispute ceased | t st when the season was called cff and therefore the cannery v r > ontitled to co frem the Commission Marshall Mad'con, attorney for Alaska men Industry, Ine. MILLION FOOT L0G RAFT IS Prince of Wales Island Timber Delivered fo Sound Mills miles cn her >t 2,600 roundtrip. | appealed to sioly | Court | set th~ ruling will be the Alacka Commission and p United States Dist commissicn declines to to the if the it aside. Estimate that the dcel entail paying of around = $100.000 came from Herbert Resner, attos r I 1l Five of the C1Q Cau s Unien Senator Henry Roden, Altcrney-General elect commented that sustained by Ihl urt, it will mean ion would Ter- riterial spoeial referer conclusion, is nission or a rac 1 exhaustion of the Unem- plcyment Compensation fund for t erritory, but this is du: to werding of our Unemployment Com- | pensation Act and not any uthu‘ cause. Tt is a matter for the Legis-| lature to consider, not a referee.” Reden held that persons nor- mally employed in the Karluk fish- Another speaker at ¥'s ing area should be compensated for luncheon was Terr ial Commis- jack of work after April. In the sioner of Healt! w. W m- Ch area compensation should cil who described a recent confer- be g after April 12, in Bristol ence in Washington on the public L May 3. Roden added health phase of national defense Emplo s contended no compen- Visitors to t meetiag included sation is due because a labor dis- Assistant U rmey Lynn J. p existed even after the season Gemmill, Karl K. Katz of the was galled off, but Roden said 1 Northern Pacific Railway, Joc Mor- as claimed by the counsel for the rison, PAA airport manager at employers, the dispute continued at Whitehorse, Dr. E. F. Vollert of least long the 1940 season the Government Hospital and Tom We may ask. when did it end? Wh Haigh of the Public Survey Of- limit it to the 1940 scason? Like Fioe. Banque's ghost or John Brown's oo oul, the dispute would walk or march until employers saw fit to NAZI AR FLEET IS INVISIBLE Cabbies Réf_lrse to Run Hacks for First Time | in Ram of Debris (Continued Inm Pa{,e One) | lying stands or trips in the central part of the city. Attacking planes were hidden m the murk and apparently were finding London only through the use of flying instruments. CHILD WELFARE CONFERENCETO BE HELD HERE Public Welfare Agents to Gather in Juneau for Oct. 16 Meeting A conference of all child wel- fare service workers in Alaska, the first of its kind since the Depart-| ment of Public Welfare’s inaugu- ration three years ago. is to be held in Juneau starting on Octo~ ber 16, Director Russell G. May- nard of the Departmeul unnouncedl today. ‘Those to attend the meeting wxll‘ dnclude: Miss Eleanor Oman o(‘ Anchorage, George W. Louden of! Fairbanks, Mis; A aeid Guen=| thner of Juneau-D: S. Cowgill of Ketc! and John an + They will confer with Director Maypard and with Miss Deborah Pentz, Supervisor of Child Wel- fare Services in Alaska Subjects to bz discussed during the threc- or four-day conference will include child weliare, matte pertaiing to i allowances pros torjal Legislature led by the Terri- for is no. income-producing factor in the family, child placement under the Board of Children’s Guardians | and general social seryice service subjects as they affect the separ- ate divisions of the Territory. Such -a conference is provided| for under a joint plan with the U. §. Children’s Bureau, ——— . MOVEE OFFICE ——— uuk Metcall’s engineering office W .nl from Room 210 to |ueau's latest addition the support | of children in cases where there lay it low." - eee -~ JOHNHELLENTHAL OPENS LAW OFFICE INBANK BUILDING With omcps on the third floor of the First National Bank Build- ing with his uncle, John A, Hel- lenthal, John Simon Hellenthal graduate of Notre Dame, is Ju- to the pro- [ession of law Mr. Hellenthal, son of Judge Simon Hellenthal of the Third Ju-, dicial Division in Alaska, was ad-| mitted to the practice of law ‘n Juncau September 7T | A student of Juneau's public' schools, young Hellenthal later at- tended the law schools of Univer- sity of Michigan and University of Notre Dame. He received his law degree from Notre Dame in June l940 D ENRCLLMENT FOR NIGHT SCHOOL IS NOI SUFFICIENT Beeause of an insufficient num- ber of envollees, there will be no night * school this year, to announcement made A. B. Phillips. In order to carry on night class- es, at least ten students must reg- ister in each of the subjects. The final count resulted in lowing: beginning typing, 3; ad-| vanced typing, 4; beginning short- hand, advanced shorthand, 5:} Spanish, 8: 'PATROL OF FALL by Supt | More interest lhdn usual in fall fishing is being evidenced in South- east Alaska this year, according to| Fishery: Management Supervisor Clarence Olson of the Fish ani Wildlife Service. Three patrol boats of the Serv- ice will set out tonight, he said to cover the various fishing areas and determine just how intensive the fall fishing is to be o — For Sale— 'Pair of Used Ferryboals Anybody want a couple of old ferryboats? King County officials at Seattle have written to the Juneau Cham- ,return to according | the fol-ff ¢l -l e In'dxan Aftairs Ship: Breéks & Propeller-To Remain | at Bethel ‘ SEATTLas, Qct. 3-—Jacob TUm- | mel, Department of Interigr pur- | chasing agent, announced today. uw ! sehooner, Boxer, has broken her pm- peler. and may haye to spend the| winter at Bethel, Lack of drydocking ruumlcs may ' necessitate towing, the vessel to| Seattle far vrepairs, Ummel de- red, adding a skeleton crew will| remain aboard over the winter while the remainder will go .down the Kuskokwim in Jlaunches and cattle via the North enroute south from Point Bar- or aboard a Coast Guard cut- St row, ter. Portland fo | Get Air Base' WASHINGTON, Oct. sentative Homer Aggell of Oregon,| aid tcday he has been advised by the War Department that Portland | has been. selected for the site of | "a new Air Corps station to be occu- pied by the 11th Pursuit Wing Head- | quarters, the 55th Pursuit Group and the 43rd Air. Base group to-be formed. Ccesi, of the construction is esti- mated at 2 millian.and a haif dol-| lars, Angell said, . . . | 3.—Repre- Measure fo- Eflflip Peace- time Farce Now: Goes | Back to House ate | has . passed the $1,500.000,000 military appropriations bill, the last| maejr defense. measune panding bc-‘ fcre .Congress. ’ The: bill, contains funds to outfit and .maintain in peace an army;of 1,400,000, men. , The measure now goes back to % Bouse for action on the Senate's v s wath | Two. Elecmw aye due in Juneau FISHING STARTS| 3'2'.;}“ v U Thcse coming in are F. Roethlis- '* “rg, F. Kelly, J. Archibald, R. Kos- \kl inlcn, G. Veiten, J. D. Walsh, ST NEW YORK,” Oct. 3. — Closing quetatien cf Alaska Juneau mine steck today is 4%, American Can 101'%, Anacomda 22%, Bethlehem Steel'81%. Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Ourtiss Wright 7 7-8, General Motors 50, Internaticnal Hafvester 48'%, Kenncott 31%, New York Central 15%, Northern Pa- fific 7', United States Steel 60 7-8, Pcund $4.03%, POW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow Jores averazes: Industrials 13509 “ails I:W utflmu 32. TOWED SOUTE, | 3ritish subjects. «children, ‘after a perilous journey by Mar- WASHINGTON, Oct. Ia—Thc sen- } plqs of bridge: were played yésterday '|idenee; cn Distin Avenue with Mrs. | opey as- hostesses, THE DAILY /\LASKA };Ml’lRL THURSDAY, ()C I.3, ~ RUMANIA, POISON. KILLERS " GET SENTENCES; BRITAIN 1940. WALTERS IS one1s 1o pie B16 ACE ON ' F u S slPhlladeIphla Arsenic Ring MOUNDTGDAY Story Comes to Final Lurid Chapter PHILADELRHTA, Pa., O 4 o 2O LN Argumems 0ver Alleged \ Sabofage Plof Involve A tow of 1,000,000 feet of lou,s An- from Prince of Wales Island was cther chapter in Philade fan- G B of Walcs 1N WERIC P INOURIIINNS . | arseric o sy shae s the tugboat Edith Foss of Ta-| — ccme to a close with one cenvieted coma BUCHAREST, Oct. 3.—The Ru-killer sent ath, anotl The big three-crib raft was one|manian government today delivered | hande life nd a third of the few taken south out of Al-|% formal repiy. to Great Britain de- granted a coferred sentene ka ing as - “unju " her pre-| A four member board mazis- The Edith Foss picked up the| °°t azairst treatment of \ Brit-|trates sentenced Herman Pe 1aft on its way south after towingish subjects arrested on ¢ s of {{o the electric chair. Mr the old Coast Guard cutter Algon-|‘abotage cf Rumanian' cil ficlds. |Favata was sentenoed (o a quin from Seattle to Womens Bay,| The British Minister at Buchai-jin the penitent Kodika Island, to be used 45 an{ /St Reginald “Hoare, ‘Tegelved the! Sentenge of Mrs lectric generating plant for the, (PJ¥ When he went to the Foreizn the confe naval base. The tughoat lozged | O and made additional com- no, was deferred v {9 t regarding treatment cf the the Philadelphia He immediately called his entire stafl tc .“a. highly xmpmg.mt and 'y | very, secret conference.” Pirst £acretary cf the Imuu,n | Robin Hankey said that a distorted version of; the reply was circulated bv the cfficial German news agen- | | cy, before Hoars sasw. it. The Secretary denied German re- | ponts. of the . communjeation that aveinsed Hoare and himsclf of con- 'nmection with' the allezed sabotace | plat. | Bnhsh Planes Bomh and w Strafe. Nazi Calumns Advancing on Canal ! LONDON, Oct, 3.--Planes ficm the British Meoditerrancan flect this morning bombed and s ed Nazi orward troop concentrations maying gainst the Suez Canal, Diplematic ohservers in Cairc are swuctive ham- of the epinicn that within the next ain’s . transport 8 hours a ma elash may take agencies, railways, docks, shipping. place batween the Fascist troops and vails, at, sea and in the air is re- a large number Anzac soldiers ported by the German High, Com Il'um down under. mand tonight. ] >00;‘>- . The Highland Patriot, 1,000-ton FERSED armed. British merchantman is said to have been among nine such ves- | sels sunk by subs in.a Nazi counter BERLIN Oct. mering of Great Bri blu‘h.\(lv during today. B smu ENGLISH,. REFUGEE TO um HOME IN ALASK A five-year-old English boy. small refugee from war-torn SEATTLE, Oct. 3. nine halibuters ar western banks folows Omaney 10’ cents a pounds; a pounds, 107 and 10 cents; Chelsea, Eu- 40,000 pounds, 107 and 10'¢ cents; rope is to have a home in Alaska, Lindy, 30,000 pounds, 10': and 10%s according to advices received in cents a pound; Sunset, 37,00 pounds. Juneau from New York today. Mitkof, 40,000 pounds, both selling The child is Viasimir. Arcady for 10% and 10%: cents: Seymour, Seigenberg, son of Mr. and Mis. 45,000 pounds, 10% and 10'; cents; Maurice John Seigenberg, of Lon- Akutan, 40,000 pounds, 10% and 10 dep, and great nephew and god- cents a pound: Havana, 40,000 chid of Mrs. Irvin A, Whitely Of pounds, 117 and 10 cents a pound. 51“5 — e Moose Women Give Shower After Meet -The follewing ved from the today and sold as 40,000 pounds, 107 and Doric, 40.000 Whitely left Alaska two weeks ago aboard: the Northland to meet, the, small boy who will be renamed John Whitely. | A passenger with “other refugee C aboard, .a Cunard” liner s that left, England September 16, Following last night’s meeting of the child .we met, in New York the Women of the Moose at the I ©. O. F. Hall, a surprise shower was shall Field, refugee cnmmxttee mem- 8iven by members in honor of Mrs. bet \M.an Jenson. . Mr Whnelv who with ll\s wife' The entertainment committee for is offering a refuge to, his; young the occasion was composed of Mrs. relative, is. a contractor at' Sitka. Qle Westby and Mrs. Mable Bat The; boy's father, who fears he may tello. Mrs, Anna Rosenburg and never see his child again, was an Mis. Ethel Barnett were on the architect in Lendon and Belgium kitchen committee, with Mrs. Ole before the wqr e | Westby and Mrs. Anna. Rodenberg 5 : » { assisting. The next meeting wil be held y‘()(,|0|)l‘l' 16, at which time there will MH‘ an initiation of the publicity .('l:\ 5. Initiates will include Mes- ‘damca Martha Gutsche, Vera E. | Schuler, ' ery and Billie Jaegel. S stes | Mesdames Gladys Bareksten, ) Grant Baldwin and Ed Baretich will {be in charge of the entertainment. | The kitchen committee will be com- pesed: of Mesdames. Ed Kirchoffes Sue Pederson and Eleanor Suther- A Whnpn wag. given an: iafterncon at the Walter Hellan xes- Hellen :and, Mrs, Willlam T. Ma-| s ¥ Anna Rosenbui® will assist. Mixed bouqnets of sweet peas candy tuft, marigolds, bachelor but- roq:g and snap dragons were select- ed. as -ativactive table centerpieces. Honors for cards were won by ! Mrs, Seorge F. Alexander, first; Mrs. W. E. Cahill, sccond apd Mrs. Lou Hudson, traveling prize, Harriet Day Honored On Tenth Birthday Harriet Ellen Day celebrated her .enth birghday yesterday afterncon at the hcme of her parents, Mr ind Mrs. W. E. Day on Sixth Street. " Gam~s were played for the occas- ‘on with honors going to Sharcn Hagerty. Guests auto the hencree's new album s and cake were served for the event These in attendance were Lodemsd Johnsen, Violet Dapcevich, Bonnie Chesney, Barbara Peterson, Jean \Iverson, Mary Avoian, Lois Hared. Loraine English, Sharon Hagerty Elvird Berggren, Helen Day and scratched, the bonderizil finish of a G-E Washer is firmly anchored in or bonded to the metal. Rust is thus prevented from spreading under the ename! Bonderizing is only one of the many features that will alweys n-k you glad you bought ral Electric Wes ber of Commerce announcing thg sale October 28 of two ferryboats removed from service due to the opening of the pontoon bridge|its regular meeting tomorrow night | tees the largest daily circulation of | Building, ' across_Lake . Washington, CW!CI -muouow The Juneau City Councii, will hold at 8 o'clock in the City Hall, The Daily Alaska Empire guaran- Nancy Bergaren. l any Alaska newspaper, . 18 Leona Sebinco, Clara Man- ' ] 8-9-10-11-12, 1940, land. Mrs, Anna Rodenberz and Mrs, 1t by accident the finish of your new G-E Washer should become process prevents rust. from spreading farther. Through a special chemical process the ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. Allows Detro;t Only Three Hits.and Goes Entire Route in Box (Continued trom =age Oned single T ed ,on Gehri 2 fielder's choioe ar > appeared on thoir way But e Reds, s under ‘they t hit” criticism, banged Rowe for four hils and two in the second, and tacked to- cinele and Jim Ripple's sreeching hemer for two more in o third, then clinching it with in the fourth on consecu= Walters and Bill another [tive dcubles by Werbsr, The caly Tiger gesture after th cam> in the sixth when Gehring forced McCosky at second after Mc- Ccskey walked, then came hcme 2 first en Greenbergls sizzling ruble against the scoreboards Reds Lucky The Reds werz lucky to get their runs. before Rowe was lifted for relief hurler John Joseph Perry, G 23-year-old righthander 'and reformed first baseman, turned in on e best relief jobs in the 1id Ser histor The yocungster went into the ball 'game with one out in the fourth apd no! a single Redleg reached first basp until the eighth inning when Jimmy Wilsol 40 year old Cincy catcher ched his second single ef the day coff third baseman Higzin's glove | To that point, Gorsica had retired 13 consecutive hitters, but as it was, he got 14 of the 15 to face him. AFPLICATIONS CALL Merit System Supervisor: Qualifi- cations—Supervisor shall be a per- son who has education equivalent to grad n from a four-year col- or ty with at least four years' si sful experience in a professional or business |\\n~u|L and who has known sympathis with the merit principle in Go: crnment Serv: He shall possess such other qualifications as are requisite for the performance of duties bereinafter defined. Within one year prior to his appointment, the Supervisor shall not have served as an employee of the agen- cies; nor within three years prior to his appointment shall he have held, nor during his term of of- fice shall he hold political office or office in any political organiza- tion, Part-time employment at the rate of $10.00 per day. Applications to be mailed to Merit System , care Post Office Box 2661. lications will be received until 1 P.M., Thursday, October 10, 1910 Publication dates, Oct, 3-4-5, 1910. adv. D FOR iv NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held before the undersigned Probate Judge on October 14th, 1940, at 10:00 o'clock r--,—_ A.M, in the office of the United States Commissioner and Ex-| Officio Probate Court for the Sitka,| Alaska, Commissioner’s Precinet, upon the petition of MARIE PET- ERSON for /er appointment as Administratrix of the estate of E. J. BATH, deceased and for the| issuance of Letters of Administra-| tion to her, All persons in inter-| est are hereby required at said| time and place to appear or show | cause; if any they have, why said petition should not be granted as prayed for. Witness my hand and official Seal at Sitka, Alaska, this 28th| day of September, 1940, | WILLIAM W. HEIRGHT, United States Commissioner | and Ex-Officio Probate Judge for. Sitka, Alaska, Commis- sioner's Precinct, | Publication dates, Oct, adv. | | The Lauy Alasks cmpire has un. | largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper GENERAL ELECTRIL WASHERS 2-3-4-5-7- ) THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) U. S. DEPARTME OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU Forecast for Juneau and vicinit. beginning at 4:30 pan., Oct. 3: Bartly cloudy tonight, fair Frida ightly cooler tonight, lowest ten perature tonight 38, highest Friday §2; gentle to moderate westc winds. Partly cloudy tonight, !z to moderate wester Forecast for Southeast Alaska: mostly fair Friday; slightly cooler tonight; gen westerly winds. torecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Lixon Entrance to Cape Spen: {air; mi rate to fresh northwester- ly winds, Cape Spencer to Cape Hinchindreok, northeasterly winds. fair; moderate north 1o Cape Hinchinbrook to Resurr:ction Bay, fair; moderate to fresh northeasterly winds. Resurrection Bay to Kodiak, fair; moderate to fresh northeas- y winds. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer lemp. Humidilty Wind Velocily Weather 4:30 p.m. yesterday 29.75 47 85 s 5 Lt. Rain 4:30 am. today 29.70 44 96 S 3 Lt. Rain Noon today 29.68 47 23 SE 12 Showery RADIO REPORES TODAY Jax. tempt | Towest 3:30a.m Precip. 3:30am Staticn last.24 hours | temp, 24 hours Weather Barrow 38 38 [ Foggy Fairbanks 4 3 02 Cloudy Nome 41 33 03 Cloudy Dawson 49 3 08 Clear Maya 39 03 Rain Anchorage 50 33 35 06 Clear Bethel 47 40 41 09 Clear St. Paul 48 43 43 A1 Dutch Harbor . 52 | 4 4 02 Wesnesenski 50 | 43 47 0 Kanatak 59 | 50 50 Kodiak 57 40 40 Cordova 50 a6 ar Juncau 13 | a3 2 Sitka 50 | 42 Cloug Ketehikan 52 | a1 Rain Prinee Rupert . 51 17 Rain Prince George . 58 51 Fog Seattle 58 | 51 Clou¢ Portland 52 50 Clouc WEATHER SYNOPSIS The Thursday morning weathe: chart indicated the occluded froi Ketchikan extended into lov center of 999 millibars inches) about 300 miles southeast of Barrow. High pressure cente of 1024 millibars (30.24 inches) was located at 40 degrees north, 1473 degrees west and second high center of 1932 millibars (3047 inches) was located 46 degrees north 158 degrees west, with high crest ex- tending northward toward Fairbanks. Rel Jatively low pressure was in- dicated along the coast from the Gulf of Alaska southward to Wash- ingten State. Rain had fallen this morning from Southeast Al- aska northwestward aver the intericr of Alaska and the Bering Sea and Aleutian, Islands while sogw had fallen in mountains above the near three thousand-foot level. The atest amount of precipitation re- corded was .63 inches at Pelersu Clear or partly cloudy skies were reported from Cordova to the Alaska Peninsula and broken clouds to overcast with moderately low ceilings and fair to good vis- ibilities W reported over the northern portion of the Seattle- Juneau airway Juneau, October 4. 7:07 a.m., sunset 6:25 p.m. Sunrise CLOTHES that are CLEANED Wear Longer! 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